What is CrowdstartCoin?

Launched in December 2017, CrowdstartCoin presents the additional advantage of being a tangible virtual currency: in fact, by coupling each line of code committed to projects within the blockchain ecosystem to the production of a CrowdstartCoin, the virtual world joins our physical world. Put another way, CrowdstartCoin works as Reward Miles: any blockchain developer receives CrowdstartCoins for code that she adds to tye development of the blockchain ecosystem – and it’s free!

CrowdstartCoin has a social utility for its community: by rewarding a blockchain developer, CrowdstartCoin acts as an incentive, stimulating the development of the blockchain ecosystem worldwide. CrowdstartCoin is already distributed within three European countries and is intended to be circulated worldwide: any blockchain developer may apply and claim his CrowdstartCoins for free. To do so, the developer simply fills out this form online with data proving that she has committed code to the blockchain ecosystem.

3-Phase Incentive Scheme

The grant mechanism for delivering CrowdstartCoins is based on 3 phases:

In the first phase, CrowdstartCoins will be directly distributed to the active developer community, approached through blockchain conferences, meetups, forums, etc. Developers committing code to key blockchain projects can opt-in to receive CrowdstartCoins for free for code that has been accepted.

In the second phase, the distribution of CrowdstartCoins will be semi-automated by using a smart-contract-based system to pay out tokens according to the accepted commits. Technologies to be supported by these incentives include the core protocols of leading blockchains, e.g. Ethereum, IOTA, Monero, etc..

In the third phase, members of the community will be able to suggest projects to be rewarded with CrowdstartCoins. A liquid feedback model will be used to enable community voting and determine which blockchain projects should be included.

CrowdstartCoin therefore acts as an incentive for the future development of blockchain technology. Since 1 December, 2017, CrowdstartCoin is officially listed at the cryptoexchange EtherDelta, with the ticker symbol XSC.